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Subchapter
005
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WATER SYSTEM
(Cite as: 24 App. V.S.A. ch. 15, § 67)
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§ 67. Rules
The City Council shall make and establish all necessary rules and regulations for
the government and operation of the water works, and may draw orders upon the Treasurer
of said City for the necessary expenses of the same; may establish rates or rents
for the use of the water, and provide for the collection of the same; and may, from
time to time, modify, increase, or diminish such rates or rents and extend them to
any description of property or use as said City may see fit and deem proper. Such
rates or rents for the use of the water as may be established upon lots, buildings,
factories, steam engines, stores, shops, stables, and other property shall be collected
from the owner of the property so supplied, unless otherwise provided in the lease
of the water; and such rates or rents shall be in the nature of a tax, and be a lien
and charge upon such buildings, lots, and other property so supplied, and may be collected
in the same manner as any municipal tax. Said water rates or rents may be ordered
to be paid in advance, and all necessary provisions and orders may be made by said
City Council relating to the supply or stoppage of water as they may deem necessary
to ensure such payments. Said City Council shall appoint a Collector of Water Rates
or Rents, and may remove him or her at pleasure; and said Collector, before he or
she enters upon the duties of his or her office, shall execute a bond to the City
of Vergennes and file the same with the Clerk of said City, conditioned for a just
and true accounting of all money received and disbursed by him or her, and for the
faithful performance of the duties of his or her office, in such sum and with such
sureties as said City Council shall direct, and, if he or she fails to comply therewith
within five days from his or her appointment, said office shall thereby become vacant
and said City Council shall appoint others until one so appointed duly qualifies.
During the construction contemplated by this subchapter, the committee provided for
in section 64 of this charter shall have the exclusive management and control of the
existing water works, and of all matters and things appertaining thereto, and shall
have all and the same power and authority now vested in the City Council, with reference
thereto, with full power of delegation.